<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/shafique-stars-in-pakistans-record-chase-vs-sri-lanka-at-galle-23236959" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Pakistan</a> pace bowling legend Wasim Akram feels ODI cricket has become &ldquo;run-of-the-mill&rdquo; stuff now and wants the administrators of the game to scrap the format for good.
Akram&rsquo;s comments came close on the heels of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/england-beats-spain-2-1-to-reach-euro-2022-semifinals-23236985" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">England</a> all-rounder <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ben-stokess-odi-exit-sparks-concerns-over-international-schedule-23236960" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ben Stokes</a>&rsquo; sudden retirement from ODIs, which has triggered a serious debate over the existence of 50-over cricket.
&ldquo;I think so [ODIs should be scrapped]. In England you have full houses. In India, Pakistan especially, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, one-day cricket you are not going to fill the stadiums,&rdquo; he said in Vaughany and Tuffers Cricket Club podcast.
Also Read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/playing-all-three-formats-is-unsustainable-mentally-and-physically-ian-bishop-23236998" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Playing all three formats is unsustainable, mentally and physically: Ian Bishop</a>&nbsp;
&ldquo;They are doing it just for the sake of doing it. After the first 10 overs, it&rsquo;s just &lsquo;OK, just go a run a ball, get a boundary, four fielders in and you get to 200, 220 in 40 overs&rsquo; and then have a go last 10 overs. Another 100. It&rsquo;s kind of run-of-the-mill.&rdquo;
Akram said the 50-over game has no future in front of the ever-growing T20 format. &ldquo;The leagues all around the world, there is a lot more money&mdash;I suppose this is part and parcel of the modern cricket. T20 or Test cricket. One-day cricket is kind of dying.&rdquo;
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Akram’s comments came close on the heels of England all-rounder Ben Stokes’s sudden retirement from ODIs, which has triggered a serious debate over the existence of 50-over cricket

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